Crambidia cephalica

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Crambidia cephalica
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Crambidia cephalica, Arizona
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Crambidia
Species:
C. cephalica
Binomial name
Crambidia cephalica
(Grote & Robinson, 1870) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithosia cephalicaGrote & Robinson, 1870

Crambidia cephalica, the yellow-headed lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1870. It is found in the central and southern part of the United States, from eastern Nevada, Utah and Arizona to southern Ohio, Tennessee, North Carolina and northern Georgia. The habitat consists of steppes and open forests.

The length of the forewings is 9–15 mm. [2] Adults are on wing from March to September in multiple generations per year.

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References

  1. "930227.00 – 8053 – Crambidia cephalica – Yellow-headed Lichen Moth – (Grote & Robinson, 1870)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  2. Pacific Northwest Moths